In the third movement of this symphony, the timpani and basses play irregular rhythms in a trio dubbed
 "Altväterisch," or "old fashioned." In the first movement of this symphony, the timpani enter playing a
 left-left-left-right-left cadence march o
In the third movement of this symphony, the timpani and basses play irregular rhythms in a trio dubbed
 "Altväterisch," or "old fashioned." In the first movement of this symphony, the timpani enter playing a
 left-left-left-right-left cadence march over the pastoral sound of cowbells. The first movement concludes
 with a motif in which the woodwinds play an ascending A minor triad over the timpani. That motif is
 named "Alma's theme" after the wife of the composer and is heard again at the end of this symphony's
 final movement after the sound of three hammer blows representing fate. For 10 points, name this gloomy
 sixth symphony composed by Gustav Mahler.
In the third movement of this symphony, the timpani and basses play irregular rhythms in a trio dubbed
 "Altväterisch," or "old fashioned.
{Tragic} Symphony [or {Tragische Symphonie}; accept {Mahler’s Symphony No. 6} and equivalents